American Stories, American Solutions

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American Stories, American Solutions: 30 Minute Special

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The Saab 9X Air Premieres in Paris

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The 9-X Air concept is a design vision exploring what a future open-air Saab could look like. It features a unique Canopy Top and the close-coupled proportions of a sports car, as well as four-seat accommodation.

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Supersonic Car 1,000mph Fastest Car Ever

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The British team that claimed the land speed record in 1997, taking a car through the sound barrier for the first time, is planning to go even faster. RAF pilot Andy Green made history in 1997 when he drove the Thrust SSC jet-powered vehicle at 763mph (1,228km/h). Now he intends to get behind the wheel of a car that is capable of reaching 1,000mph (1,610km/h). Known as Bloodhound, the new car will be powered by a rocket bolted to a Eurofighter-Typhoon jet engine. The team-members have been working on the concept for the past 18 months and expect to be ready to make their new record attempt in 2011. Bloodhound project leader Richard Noble said, “This is one of the most exciting things you can do on God’s Earth; and when you’ve the opportunity to do it really, really well, with the latest technology, you can’t resist the challenge.”The initial studies have illustrated just how grand a challenge it will be. The 12.8m-long, 6.4-tonne Bloodhound SSC (Super Sonic Car) will be expected to travel faster than a bullet fired from a handgun. It is 900mm-diameter wheels will spin so fast they will have to be made from a high-grade titanium to prevent them from flying apart. The car will accelerate from 0-1,050mph (1,690km/h) in just 40 seconds; and at its maximum velocity, the pressure of air bearing down on its carbon fibre and titanium bodywork will exceed 12 tonnes per square metre.

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Colin Powell Eviscerates McCain’s Negative Smear Campaign

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It troubled me. You know, we have two wars. We have economic problems. We have health problems. We have education problems. We have infrastructure problems. We have problems around the world with our allies. And so those are the problems the American people wanted to hear about, not about Mr. Ayers, not about who is a Muslim and who’s not a Muslim. Those kinds of images going out on al Jazeera are killing us around the world. And we have got to say to the world it doesn’t make any difference who you are or what you are. If you’re an American you’re an American.

And this business of, for example, a congressman from Minnesota who’s going around saying let’s examine all congressmen to see who is pro-America or not pro-America. We have got to stop this kind of nonsense and pull ourselves together and remember that our great strength is in our unity and in our diversity. And so that really was driving me. And to focus on people like Mr. Ayers, these trivial issues for the purpose of suggesting that somehow Mr. Obama would have some kind of terrorists’ inclinations, I thought that was over the top. It was beyond just good political fighting back and forth. I think it went beyond. And then to sort of throw in this subtle Muslim connection. You know, he’s a Muslim and a terrorist. And it was taking root. And we can’t judge our people and we can’t hold our elections on that kind of basis. And so yes, that kind of negativity troubles me and the constant shifting of the argument

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What Would Brian Eno Do with iPhone Music?

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How relaxing and amazing does that sound? It’s from an App called Bloom, for the iPhone. It provides visual, tactile, and audio experiences all at the same time. Simply by touching the screen, you can change the mood and sounds

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Sonoma Diet Nutrition Tip

Direktlink zum Video auf YoutubeNutritionist Connie Guttersen, author of best-selling ‘The Sonoma Diet,’ shows us how to improve our health by doing a better job of controlling how much we put on our plate every day.

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Fox News - Tina Fey Returns To SNL

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Fox News - Fey Returns To SNL To Spoof Palin

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Demo at Mobile World Congress 2008

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Readius Hands-on and demo at Mobile World Congress 2008

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Stitching: Using the Pen to Link Multiple Tablet PC’s

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Stitching is a new interaction technique that allows users to combine pen-operated mobile devices with wireless networking by using pen gestures that span multiple displays. To stitch, a user starts moving the pen on one screen, crosses over the bezel, and finishes the stroke on the screen of a nearby device. Properties of each portion of the pen stroke are observed by the participating devices, synchronized via wireless network communication, and recognized as a unitary act performed by one user, thus binding together the devices. A prototype photo sharing application demonstrates how users could employ stitching to copy images from one tablet to another that is nearby, expand an image across multiple screens, establish a persistent shared workspace, or use one tablet to present images that a user selects from another tablet.

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Camel Costume at Burning Man 2008

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Two man puppet camel costume.

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